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FASTENING FOR LAOING UORDS No; 338,470. Patented Mar. 23, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. BLANEY, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK D. HALL, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR LAClNG-CORDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,470, dated March 23,1886.

Application filed May 26,1885. Serial No. 166,709. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. BLANEY, of Attleborough, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Fastenings for Lacing-Cords, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to fastenings for the free ends of the lacing-cords of gloves, corsets, shoes, and other devices in which two flaps are drawn and held together by a cord laced around lacinghooks.

The object of my invention is to produce a fastening by means of which the free end of the lacing-cord may be readily and firmly secured in a bight, so as to prevent accidental unlacing of the cord.

To the above purpose my invention consists in the peculiar construction of the fastening, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may-be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in

Which Figure l is a side elevation of my improved fastening. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the same in operative position. Fig. 3 illustrates my improvement applied to a glove. Fig. 4

illustrates the same applied to a corset.

. In the said drawings, a designates the post of the fastening, which is bifurcated at its upper end to form two arms, a aiwhich are separated from each other by a circular notch, as 5 shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The base of the fastening is formed with a flange or cap, a, and also with a rivet, a

By referring to Figs. 3 and 4 it will be seen that the lacing-cord is passed around the post 0 a, and thence through the notch between the arms a a, whereby a bight is formed and the free end of the cord secured against being drawn out of the fastening.

b designates the lacingcord, and c in Fig. 5 3 the lacing-hooks, while (1 in Fig. 4 designates the eyes of a corset through which cord (2 is laced.

The deviceis extremely simple, but efficient and durable. I do not wish to be understood as intending to confine myself to the rivet a as the exclusive means for securing the fastening, my invention being embodied, essentially, in the upper part of the fastening. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a fastener for lacing-cords,the combination, with the post a, ofthe stud-like arms a a", for the purpose described.

2. The improved fastening consisting of the post (1, arms a a cap a", and rivet a as specifled.

\VILLIAM H. BLANEY.

WVitnesses:

J osnrn: A. MILLER, J. A. MILLER, J r. 

